Walter FELL
BA (Oxon) 1877, MA (Oxon) 1879, MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond) 1881 MB (Oxon) 1882, MD (Oxon) 1895
(MD thesis on "The Evolution of Disease")
Born Nelson 1855 Died Wellington 22 Nov 1932
Early years spent in the south of France.
Educated at Rugby and at University College, Oxford
Studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London
Returned to NZ in 1884, joining Dr W E Collins in practice. First registered as a medical practitioner in NZ 17 Apr 1884
Honorary Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1887 - 1890
Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1890 - 1892
Honorary Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1893 - 1907
Editor, NZMJ 1906 - 1911
Retired in 1907. Returned to England in 1914, and served in the RAMC
photo courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, S P Andrew Coll.
An accomplished painter, he became President of the NZ Academy of Fine Strs
Commodore, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club 1901 - 1903
Obituary: NZMJ 1923 31:452
